The Heavens Abandon Me: The Great Defeat in War

Author: Tang Fuquan
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Publish Date: 2004-01-01
Features: War, born alongside classes and nations, has been intertwined with them for a long time. It is an ancient, serious, and heavy topic. Tactical struggle is a social and historical phenomenon born alongside classes and nations, an ancient, serious, and heavy topic, a "strange trinity" with distinct political characteristics, intense brutality, and a high degree of uncertainty. Therefore, compared to any other field, "failure" in war has at least two very prominent features: First, "failure" in war has a very wide universality. Almost every war, including all battles and engagements within it, must experience intense competition between seeking victory and preventing defeat, and there is always an issue of victory or defeat. Second, "failure" in war has an extremely strong interest. Human practice has three basic forms—productive practice, social practice, and scientific experiments. From this, we can draw the following conclusion: If studying "failure" is a very important topic, then studying "failure" in war is its "top priority"; if studying "failure" is an urgent topic to explore, then studying "failure" in war is its "hardest challenge." Based on the above reasons, we have boldly compiled the "War's Great Defeats" series of the "Failures Enlightenment" collection.